CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ASSIGNMENT

UNION JUDICIARY – SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, HIGH COURT

1) What makes the Judiciary the guardian of the Constitution?

A) Independence
B) Service conditions
C) Salary
D) Judicial Review

ANSWER: D

2) Public Interest Litigation (PIL) may be linked with:

A) Judicial review
B) Judicial activism
C) Judicial intervention
D) Judicial sanctity

ANSWER: B

3) The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the States
falls under its:

A) Advisory Jurisdiction
B) Appellate jurisdiction
C) Constitutional jurisdiction
D) Original jurisdiction

ANSWER: D

4) Who is the final authority to interpret the Constitution?

A) The President
B) The Parliament
C) The Lok Sabha
D) The Supreme Court

ANSWER: D

5) Salaries of the judges of the Supreme Court are determined by:

A) Pay Commission appointed by the President

B) Law Commission
C) Parliament
D) Council of Members

ANSWER: C
6) How many High Courts are there in India?

A) 28
B) 32
C) 25
D) 17

ANSWER: C

7) Which one of these High Courts was one of the High Courts established Indian High Courts Act in
1861?

A) Madras
B) Delhi
C) Bengaluru
D) Guwahati

ANSWER: A

8) Which is the first High Court in India?

A) Delhi
B) Calcutta
C) Kerala
D) Allahabad

ANSWER: B

9) Who of the following Chief Justices of India acted as the President of India also?

A) Justice M. Hidayatullah

B) Justice P.N Bhagwati

C) Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan

D) Justice B.K. Mukherjee

ANSWER: A

10) Who holds the power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court?

A) Prime Minister

B) President

C) Parliament

D) Ministry of law

ANSWER: C
11) Sovereignty of Indian Parliament is restricted by:

A) Powers of the President of India

B) Judicial review

C) Powers of the Prime Minister of India

D) Leader of the Opposition

ANSWER: B

12) Which of the following courts in India is/are known as the Court(s) of Records?

A) The High Court only

B) The Supreme Court only

C) The High Courts and the Supreme Court

D) The District Courts

ANSWER: C

13) The system of the Judicial Review exists in

A) India only

B) U.K. only

C) U.S.A. only

D) India and U.S.A.

ANSWER: D

14) Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India?

A) President

B) Supreme Court

C) High Court

D) None of these

ANSWER: B

15) How many types of Writs can be issued by the Supreme Court?

A) 2
 B) 3

C) 5

D) 6

ANSWER: C

16) Who is the custodian of Indian constitution?

A) President
B) Parliament
C) Council of Ministers
D) Supreme Court

ANSWER: D

17) In the Supreme Court of India the maximum possible number of judges including the chief justice
is now____________

A) 28
B) 30
C) 31
D) 34

ANSWER: D

18) When there is a vacancy in the office of the president and the vice-president atthe same time,
the office is temporarily held by -

A) The Prime Minister

B) The Chief Justice of India
C) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
D) None of these

ANSWER: B

19) Who was the chief justice of India when Public Interest Litigation(PIL) was introduced to the
Indian Judicial System?

A) M. Hidayatullah
B) A. M. Ahmadi
C) P. N. Bhagwati
D) A. S. Anand

ANSWER: C

20) Which article of the constitution permits the Supreme Court to review its own judgement or
order?

A) Article 137

B) Article 138

C) Article 139

D) Article 140
ANSWER: A

21) How many times has the preamble to the Constitution of India amended?

A) Once

B) Twice

C) Thrice

D) Never

ANSWER: A

22) Which of the following is the ultimate defender/guarantor of Fundamental Rights in India?

A) Supreme Court
B) Parliament
C) People of India
D) President of India

ANSWER: A

23) Which among the following acts, incorporated 11th Fundamental duty in Indian
Constitution?
[A] 42nd Amendment Act
[B] 44th Amendment Act
[C] 86th Amendment Act
[D] 100th Amendment Act
ANSWER: C
24) Which among the following term correctly represents the Zonal Councils?
[A] Advisory Bodies
[B] Actually Working Bodies
[C] Law Making authorities
[D] Administrative Bodies
ANSWER: A
25) In which year, Daman & Diu were separated from Goa?
[A] 1968
[B] 1973
[C] 1985
[D] 1987
ANSWER: C